Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-08-27

From. the Sbepherdstotcn Register.
Ex-Judge Josiah H. Gordon, a
prominent citizen of Cumberland,
Md, dropped dead Saturday evening
of apoplexy.
A young son of Mr.. Murphy Tabler,
aged about ten years, cut his fingers
very severely while working with a
cutting box a few days ago.
Jack Williams, a colored man who
broke Jail at Winchester few weeks
ago, was arrested at Harper's Ferry
last Sunday and returned to prison.
One hundred and sixty florists of
Philadelphia and New York, en- route
to Chicago, passed through Shepherds
town last Sunday on their way to Luz
ray. They are travelling in special
train of six Pullman cars and two
coaches.
It seems as though DR.. Marshall
imposed on the Register man when he
told us that Mr.. Frank Williams was
the colored cook of the Martinsburg
fishing party encamped near here week
before last. Or it may be, as the States
man suggested, that Frank turned
black in the face while telling fish
stories. AT any rate, we accept apol-
ogies.
NEARLY DRIVEN TO DEATH.--Last
Sunday Mr.. G.. w. Show hired horse
to colored youth of this place, and
Mr.. Osborne hired the same boy a dog
cart. With this team the colored dude
was to go to the campmeeting at Shen-
andoah Junction. He went, and hav-
ing unrestricted use Of a livery team
he made the best of it. He must have
driven that horse pretty much all day
at an unmerciful rate. for when he
had taken innumerable girls buggy
riding and started for home the poor
animal was nearly dead. Near Mr..
G. T. Buffers the horse fell down ut.
terly exhausted, and was 90 badly
used up could not be moved until next
morning. BY careful attention its life
was finally saved. The dog cart was
damaged slightly. It Is not likely this
colored gentleman will hire any more
teams in Shepherdstown.
DIR. DIEHL MUST Goa congre-
gational meeting of the members Of
the Lutheran Church of Frederick,
Md, was held Tuesday night for the
purpose of voting upon the retention
or rejection of the Rev. DIR. George
Diehl as pastor of the church. The
result of the final vote taken Tuesday
night was 60 to 35 in favor of the dis
missal of Mr.. Diehl, to take effect
January /, 1888. The affair created
great excitement and the result Of the
meeting was awaited by the citizens
eagerly as the returns from an exciting
election.
Ugh! Mr.. Abraham 8. Miller,
whose dwelling was burned down
some months ago, Is building new
house on the site of the one destroyed
near Kearneysville. The men who
are doing the work have using little
cask with a very small hole in it as
their drinking vessel, and have been
using it for month. The other day
one of the men went to get drink,
when he saw snakes tail hanging
out of the hole. He tried to pull the
snake out, but he did not succeed.
He spoke to the other men about it,
and every means to get the serpent
from the key, but the vessel had to be
broken before his snakeship was re-
leased and killed. The mems sensa-
tions have been anything but pleasant
since they have known that for a
month they drank from a cask that
contained a snake. One of the men
says he has tasted snake ever since he
begun work, but he couldn't imagine
where it came from.
Mrs. Maria Kerney, aged " years,
widow Of the late Uriah Kerney, died
at the residence Of her SON, Mr.. James
w. Kerney, 10 Shepherdstown on
Monday evening. Mrs. Kerney for
many years was afflicted with blind
ness, but she bore her cross with In
effable sweetness and Christian resig-
nation.